BREAKING: Appeal court stops Oshiomhole’s suspension
BREAKING: Appeal court stops Oshiomhole’s suspension
The Court of Appeal in Abuja has stopped the suspension of the National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Adams Oshiomhole.
You will recall that Justice Danlami Senchi of the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory in Jabi, Abuja, had on March 4, 2020, made an order suspending Oshiomhole.
However, a bench ruling delivered by a three-man panel of the appellate court led by Justice Abubakar Yahaya, on Monday, March 16, 2020, ordered a stay of execution of the FCT High Court’s order.
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The Court of Appeal ruled that the order would remain binding pending the hearing of Oshiomhole’s motion for interlocutory injunction slated for Friday.
The panel also unanimously restrained the respondents including the Police and the Department of State Services (DSS) from further giving effect to the suspension order.
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On the other hand, the Court of Appeal in Abuja on Monday, March 16, 2020, adjourned indefinitely, the hearing of the appeal filed by Adams Oshiomhole, the National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), to challenge his suspension from office as ordered by the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory in Jabi, Abuja, on March 4.
The appellate court had fixed Monday for the hearing of the appeal but adjourned till no particular date due to the unavailability of a panel.
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Oshiomhole’s case was listed as part of appeals scheduled for hearing at Monday’s sitting of the court.
But a three-man panel led by Justice Stephen Adah only heard two of the listed cases and later announced to the packed courtroom that the rest of the cases including Oshiomhole’s would be heard by another panel.
It was, however, to the disappointment of many APC supporters, including Oshiomhole, when an official of the court later announced that a new date would be fixed for the hearing of the appeal.
BREAKING: Appeal court stops Oshiomhole’s suspension
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